Has anyone else noticed....?

[Vynym]

All games have a slump between new content (I've seen in it GW2, SWTOR, TSW personally). Unfortunately, it also doesn't help a lot of new/shiny games are releasing.

I guess I'd just never noticed it in other mmos (FFXI, EQ2, Wow, etc), at least not to this magnitude. I came here from Eq2 (the most recent in the string of mmos over the last 15 years) and while there was always a "seasonal" related slump, I never really saw an "in between content" slump like this before. At least not this pronounced. Maybe I was just not seeing it.

[Zaero]

I guess I'd just never noticed it in other mmos (FFXI, EQ2, Wow, etc), at least not to this magnitude. I came here from Eq2 (the most recent in the string of mmos over the last 15 years) and while there was always a "seasonal" related slump, I never really saw an "in between content" slump like this before. At least not this pronounced. Maybe I was just not seeing it.

All game dependent, I'm afraid. The games you listed also are a lot older then the more recent, which are more "casual based". I've seen this more in the more recent games, but I'll also admit SWTOR was my first MMO. Just lots of people that wanna beat the content then move on. Gaming's changed I guess.

[Vynym]

II believe Alliances will fix this negative community aspect.

I remember seeing something about these alliances not too long ago, but there wasn't much "confirmed" when I read it. Is there any new information you could point me to? Do you happen to know off the top of your head how these alliances will be different than having multiple fc's sharing a linkshell?

Gaming's changed I guess.

^^ You can say that again. I'm dating myself here, but I remember UO and EQ1 gaming/communities being quite different from that which we have at present.

[AmyNeudaiz]

I remember seeing something about these alliances not too long ago, but there wasn't much "confirmed" when I read it. Is there any new information you could point me to? Do you happen to know off the top of your head how these alliances will be different than having multiple fc's sharing a linkshell?

The talks I remember were back before ARR even started beta so I'm not sure if I can find the quote. However confirmed or unconfirmed this would help the community tremendously